Eupterote patula

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Eupterote patula
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OD: Tagora Patula Walker 1855. List of Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the collection of British Museum Part 5 Lepidoptera Heterocera. p1189. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120193#page/225/mode/1up
Tagora patula Walker 1855. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum by A.G.Gardner.Vol 5 Pg 70 Plate XCVIII, fig 1,2
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/119320#page/86/mode/1up

Eupterote patula Walker,F.,1855 LEPINDEX - https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=58383

SS: Agree with ID. Identified as female Eupterota patula. Reconfirmed with Ian Kitching. Generic placement confirmed from
Kitching I, Rougerie R, Zwick A, Hamilton C, St Laurent R, Naumann S, Ballesteros Mejia L, Kawahara A (2018) A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e22236. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.6.e22236
http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-3/eupterotidae/eupterotidae_1_5.php
FBI, Hampson, Vol. 1, pg, 46, # 54. Fig. 30 for male.
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